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This kind of narrowing of the acceptable realm of conversation may have briefly led to a feeling that once marginalized groups were triumphing.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Modern viticulture and the allure of pinot were triumphing over California history.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2015

While England were triumphing in Basel, Bulgaria - so pitiful at Wembley but apparently more imposing in Sofia - were being beaten at home by Montenegro.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2010

Columnist Walter Lippmann, Nikita Khrushchev had happily listed Laos and Cuba as the latest examples of countries where revolutionary movements were triumphing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the empire, while the Semitic Baals and Mithra were triumphing, astrology manifested its power everywhere.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz